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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Colorful Words #225238 07/27/16 07:09 AM 07/27/16 07:09 AM Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 2 New York A AkivaLane OP stranger AkivaLane   OP stranger A Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 2 New York About 20 years ago, I started collecting ‘colorful’ words. I realized that some words sound a bit funnier and have a somewhat greater emotional impact than others. Some examples: aghast, amok, begrudge, besmirch, bliss, bogus, chafe, coy, crave, cringe, dawdle, dote, dwindle, eke, feisty, ferret, fester, festoon, fickle, finagle, finicky, flabbergasted, flutter, foible, frazzled, frenzy, frolic, frumpy, garble, gawk, gibberish, glimmer, glitch, gloat, gruff, guffaw, hubbub, ilk, irk, lush, mayhem, mollify, mull, nab, ogle, paltry, pander, penchant, plight, plummet, posh, pummel, quibble, raucous, ravage, rebuff, rubble, scoff, scour, scrimp, scrounge, sham, shenanigans, sizzle, splurge, spree, squalid, squeamish, squelch, squirm, sully, surly, swath, throng, thug, thwart, trounce, trudge, woo, zeal. Whenever I read or heard a colorful word, I added it to my list. By 2001 I had about 200 such words. But the list was burned up on 9/11 because I worked in 7 World Trade Center, a building that came down in the afternoon. So I continued to compile the list. As of now, I have almost 1190 words, all gems Re: Colorful Words [Re: AkivaLane] #225239 07/27/16 04:18 PM 07/27/16 04:18 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,282 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,282 Land of the Flat Water I, too, collect words. Not as many as you, however. Getting to use them is the trick. WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: Colorful Words [Re: AkivaLane] #225252 07/29/16 09:02 AM 07/29/16 09:02 AM Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 2 New York A AkivaLane OP stranger AkivaLane   OP stranger A Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 2 New York I don't know the etiquette of this forum - is it possible trade emails? Re: Colorful Words [Re: LukeJavan8] #225254 07/29/16 10:51 AM 07/29/16 10:51 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,255 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,255 Worcester, MA I'll offer you two more for your list of colorful words, on behalf of former Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz. They were his two favorite words, he said. eleëmosynary - linguistic precursor of "alms" and phantasmagorical - a double-dactyl, if you're into such things... Re: Colorful Words [Re: AkivaLane] #225255 07/29/16 10:52 AM 07/29/16 10:52 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,255 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,255 Worcester, MA (P.S. Click on the flashing envelope.) Re: Colorful Words [Re: wofahulicodoc] #225256 07/29/16 03:56 PM 07/29/16 03:56 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,282 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,282 Land of the Flat Water Akiva: as wofa said above - click on the flashing envelope at the top. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: Colorful Words [Re: AkivaLane] #227966 02/09/18 04:18 AM 02/09/18 04:18 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,190 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,190 London, UK Some more good words: altazimuth angelology buckminsterfullerene cancrizans clanjamfrie mesembryanthemum noumenon oological paraprosdokian tintinnabulation tmesis umquhile xenoglossy zugzwang Ftatateeta Schiermonnikoog Witwatersrand Re: Colorful Words [Re: A C Bowden] #227967 02/09/18 05:04 PM 02/09/18 05:04 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,282 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,282 Land of the Flat Water there is a university in Witwatersrand ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: Colorful Words [Re: LukeJavan8] #227976 02/13/18 01:03 AM 02/13/18 01:03 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,190 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,190 London, UK Witwatersrand means "ridge of white waters" in Afrikaans, in reference to the waterfalls there. 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